Comments on: A Wintery Touchdown Celebration

By: Neil

Neil — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:33:49 +0000

This reminds me of a story about the Australian, NBL (National Basketball Leauge) in its heyday.

After a bad call call made to one player he asked
“Hey Ref, can i get a tech-foul for what i’m thinking”??

The ref replied “No of course you can’t”

Player then responds “OK…I think you’re an A$$hole”
…………………………………………………

Let the boys play, and celebrate a little

By: John Hopper

John Hopper — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:28:39 +0000

Makign a snow angel is ‘unsportsman-like’? Man, in MotoGP, after various wins, Valintino Rossi has:
Whipped out a Doctor costume and performed an ‘examination’ of his bike
Pretended to be a bowling ball and bowled himself into 10 fans dressed as bowling pins
And a dozen other things I don’t know of in addition to wheelies, burnouts, etc.
Not to mention giving Biaggi the bird while going around a corner at 90mph.

I don’t think they are unsportsman like, just over the top.
Seems silly to me, just make a 5 second rule and leave it at that.

By: yibbuz

yibbuz — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:48:19 +0000

They should have continued to do it on every touchdown after that, just to show contempt for the referees.

By: Rocky Rook

Rocky Rook — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:52:00 +0000

That is awesome! The 15 yards was so worth it! Like the Pats were concerned in that game … who cares.

By: sam

sam — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:09:08 +0000

Ha. wow. Pro sports are retarded.

By: liphttam1

liphttam1 — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:45:43 +0000

I don’t enjoy watching sports. I’m in new england but could care less if we won.

I agree with woogie.

By: avraamov

avraamov — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:55:16 +0000

as an englishman, i would understand class on fluid dynamics in cambodian more than this.

By: Woogie

Woogie — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:20:50 +0000

Crap like that is why I don’t watch the NFL. A penalty for an innocuous celebration like that? The NFL are douchebags.

By: Christophe

Christophe — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:25:45 +0000

The referee did his duty. Period.

Anyway : GO PATS!

By: Barm

Barm — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:45:41 +0000

Why would a moral debate about neurosurgery instead of football be more fitting?

By: Leif

Leif — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:40:35 +0000

A moral debate over a snow angel?
Spare me.
It was funny and fun. It’s football, not neuro surgery.

By: WaitWhat

WaitWhat — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 17:14:26 +0000

violet/riga – It was snowing like crazy during the entire game, and whenever NE scores everyone throws snow up in the air like confetti. It’s called fun.

By: Justin

Justin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 16:37:39 +0000

violet/riga are you serious? The crowd was tossing snow around and nothing else. If you are seen throwing trash on the field or at other fans they will kick you out.

By: Allison

Allison — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:25:23 +0000

Doesn’t it seem very Grinch-like to outlaw snow angels?

By: gtron

gtron — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:05:22 +0000

what about the guy on another team who went down on one knee and looked to heaven? (yesterday too). that could be considered offensive by MANY, to bring religion into it… but a snow angel is somehow worse?! sure they have to curtail it otherwise it gets out of hand, but a snow angel? in the snow?!

By: Teaflax

Teaflax — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:41:38 +0000

How could anyone – anyone – consider that rude? You’d have to have some serious personal issues to be bothered by something like that.

By: Evilbeagle

Evilbeagle — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:05:27 +0000

Compared to some of the old touchdown celebrations I have seen, this is nothing. I agree with Johnny Cat. As long as it isn’t some two minute long dance routine there shouldn’t be a problem. They really sucked some of the fun out of the game with the rule.

By: CJ

CJ — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:45:49 +0000

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=lMWcUfzJhkQ&NR=1

By: Claire Chiang

Claire Chiang — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:40:05 +0000

I too, think he should have been penalized. It’s definitely not funny to me, because it’s just not my type of sense of humor. I definitely vote for justice before humor.

By: Barm

Barm — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:30:20 +0000

I think what Wes Welker did was absolutely fine.

I also think he absolutely should have been penalized, and he knew he was going to be before he did it. It was a clear violation.

T.O.’s popcorn to the face was great, and also completely deserved a penalty.

You can’t selectively enforce the rules just because you thought someone was funny.

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:29:17 +0000

He tripped; I saw it. That angel tripped him. No penalty.

Unsportsmanlike conduct my @®$3.

By: chickmagnetstuff

chickmagnetstuff — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 04:40:10 +0000

yeah I agree I don’t think they should make penalties for that

By: Nathan Miller

Nathan Miller — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:08:30 +0000

What bothers me is not the rule that excessive celebration is unsportsmanlike, but that there’s no room for creativity. If there were, then Wes Welker would have still gotten 15 yards, (and likely 5-15 thousand dollars fines) but it would have encouraged him to be more original.

Lonie Paxton’s snow angels were trademark, but they are also well-known.

T.O.’s popcorn-in-the-face or Maurice Jones-Drew’s ATM withdrawal – these are funny. These, the NFL should let slide… once.

But all in all, it proves that the NFL really is the No Fun League.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:57:39 +0000

LOL Easy

By: Easy

Easy — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:47:22 +0000

Can’t go to the ground for a celebration? Strange rule. It just reminded me of a funny quote by some Rugby commentator once:

“I don’t like this new law, because your first instinct when you see a man on the ground is to go down on him”

By: SenorMysterioso

SenorMysterioso — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:39:33 +0000

That was fine, the ref should have let it go.

By: becca

becca — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:29:02 +0000

I thought it was wicked cute and it really bummed me out to see that he got a penalty for it.

By: Andrew Wirtanen

Andrew Wirtanen — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:21:01 +0000

This is a Patriot tradition started by Lonie Paxton in ’01-’02! It’s sad that this is unsportsmanlike now. It was stupid to do it knowing that the celebration rules have changed.

By: Johnny Cat

Johnny Cat — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:17:35 +0000

I’ve been unhappy with this rule since it came out. As long as it doesn’t turn into a dance routine, as long as it only takes a few seconds to do, it should be allowed. It’s a game, people. Have fun.

By: violet/riga

violet/riga — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:12:46 +0000

Forget the players, seeing the crowd acting like that and throwing so much stuff just makes the sport look like a joke.

By: Jake D.

Jake D. — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:04:44 +0000

You can’t go to the ground for a celebration, I guess. It was a very unsportsmanlike snow angel.

It’s ridiculous that they had to make penalties for stuff like that.

By: Easy

Easy — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 01:02:25 +0000

I don’t get it. I don’t watch American Footy and I don’t really understand the rules but… how is making a snow angel unsportsmanlike?